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• Wisconsin trooper released from ICE custody after 'dramatic experience'

  07-11-2026 17:01 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  A 21-year-old South African-born Wisconsin State Patrol trooper who was detained Nov. 5 by federal immigration agents was released from custody Nov. 6, according to his attorney.
  Attorney Marc Christopher confirmed to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe, who was traveling to visit family with a valid work permit, had been released from the Dodge County Jail and was awaiting a ride from his supervisor, the head trooper in Tomah.
  Christopher said Van Der Merwe was releas
  
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• Trump backs Hegseth and slams Massie for introducing articles of impeachment

  10-11-2026 12:19 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, reintroduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, alleging that the embattled Pentagon chief had committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" and abused the power of his office by violating the War Powers Resolution, conducting military operations without congressional authorization and ordering unlawful military actions in several countries.The expected impeachment filing came as Congress returned to Washington, D.
  
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• U.S. military planes leave 2nd U.K. base amid reports of Iranian threat

  10-11-2026 12:16 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  US military aircraft were pictured at Prestwick Airport near Glasgow on Tuesday morning. [BBC]
  At least 10 US Air Force refuelling aircraft left a second airbase in Britain on Monday.Flight tracking data seen by BBC Verify shows the aircraft left RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk and landed at other American bases in Europe and also at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire.The Wall Street Journal reported that this was in response to a threat from Iran but the BBC has not independently verified that claim.Monda
  
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• Gas prices drop below $4 a gallon after months of pain at the pump

  10-11-2026 09:39 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  (Bloomberg) -- US gasoline dropped below $4 a gallon for the first time since July, offering consumers some relief at the pump, although prices remain significantly elevated on a seasonal basis.Most Read from BloombergNvidia Scandal Creates Risk for Entire AI Industry, Not Just CEOGeorgia State Race Reversed After Votes Surface on Memory CardAlice Huang, Suspected China Spy, Spent Years in Nvidia’s OrbitMAGA Hardliner Boebert Defeated in Colorado Race, CNN ProjectsSeveral Senate Republicans Ca
  
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• Hegseth to hold first Pentagon news briefing in months amid impeachment threat

  10-11-2026 06:10 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to give his first news conference from the Pentagon in six months on Tuesday, just a day after a Republican lawmaker launched an effort to impeach him over his handling of the unpopular war against Iran and other actions.The briefing will be Hegseth's first since May even as the U.S. military has kept up intermittent operations against the Islamic Republic as well as fatal strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in Latin America. He
  
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• California voters reject billionaire tax after opponents argued it would harm the economy

  10-11-2026 03:38 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  A November rally against Proposition 40 at the Iron Workers Apprenticeship Training Center in La Palma. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)California voters have officially rejected the controversial billionaire tax.Proposition 40 sought to impose a one-time 5% tax on California billionaires’ assets to try to offset federal healthcare funding cuts.Despite the blue wave in the midterm elections, the novel tax on the ultra-wealthy had trailed from the first day of vote counting and was officially
  
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• NTSB recovers cockpit voice recorder in Florida jet crash that killed 9 people

  10-11-2026 03:08 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on Monday that it has recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Learjet 60 that crashed last week near Greenacres, Florida, killing all nine people on board."NTSB investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Learjet 60 that crashed on Nov. 1 near Greenacres, Florida," the NTSB said on X.The CVR was found at the location of the initial impact​, according to the NTSB.The NTSB said the CVR is being evaluated
  
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• Ole Miss students accused of making racist gestures outside Black students' home

  10-11-2026 02:45 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Officials at the University of Mississippi are investigating a video showing three white women outside a Black student's apartment Friday evening, with two of them allegedly making racist noises and gestures captured on Ring camera footage."[T]he incident is being actively investigated by the appropriate university offices," Vice Chancellor Shawnboda Mead said in a statement Monday, in part, adding, "our staff have reached out to the students directly impacted to offer support, listen to their c
  
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• Several midterm races still haven't been called. Where things stand right now.

  10-11-2026 00:58 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  The dust has almost settled on the Democratic Party's 2026 midterm landslide — almost. It's clear that Democrats won sweeping victories in the U.S. House, Senate and statehouses nationwide.  But some key races remain too close to call, including Senate brawls in deep-red Mississippi and Alaska; Rep. Lauren Boebert's reelection battle in Colorado; and other nail-biter House contests across the South. Here's the latest on how many seats Democrats have won so far — and where things stand in a
  
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• Several midterm races still haven't been called. Here's where things stand right now.

  10-11-2026 00:58 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  The dust has almost settled on the Democratic Party's 2026 midterm landslide — almost. It's clear that Democrats won sweeping victories in the U.S. House, Senate and statehouses nationwide.  But some key races remain too close to call, including Senate brawls in deep-red Mississippi and Alaska; Rep. Lauren Boebert's reelection battle in Colorado; and other nail-biter House contests across the South. Here's the latest on how many seats Democrats have won so far — and where things stand in a
  
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• Trump says FBI is probing Nvidia CEO's relationship with suspected Chinese spy

  10-11-2026 00:50 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  By Steve Holland, Courtney Rozen, Karen Freifeld and David ShepardsonWASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Monday the FBI was looking into Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair with a Chinese businesswoman alleged to be a spy for Beijing.Trump said he "was amazed" by allegations about Huang, ‌among the president's closest allies in Silicon Valley. Trump said he had spoken to the CEO, who told him that he had no idea that ‌the woman was a spy."I know the FBI is looking in
  
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• Trump says FBI is investigating Nvidia CEO's affair with suspected Chinese spy

  10-11-2026 00:50 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  By Steve Holland, Courtney Rozen, Karen Freifeld and David ShepardsonWASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Monday the FBI was looking into Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair with a Chinese businesswoman alleged to be a spy for Beijing.Trump said he "was amazed" by allegations about Huang, ‌among the president's closest allies in Silicon Valley. Trump said he had spoken to the CEO, who told him that he had no idea that ‌the woman was a spy."I know the FBI is looking in
  
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• FBI investigating Nvidia CEO's affair with suspected Chinese spy, Trump says

  10-11-2026 00:50 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  By Steve Holland, Courtney Rozen, Karen Freifeld and David ShepardsonWASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Monday the FBI was looking into Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair with a Chinese businesswoman alleged to be a spy for Beijing.Trump said he "was amazed" by allegations about Huang, ‌among the president's closest allies in Silicon Valley. Trump said he had spoken to the CEO, who told him that he had no idea that ‌the woman was a spy."I know the FBI is looking in
  
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• In a nail-biter Senate race, incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith stays out of view in Mississippi

  10-11-2026 00:36 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom, left, and GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, right. - Rogelio V. Solis/Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images
  As the Mississippi Senate race still remains too close to call, Democrat Scott Colom and GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith have taken completely different approaches towards the public.
  Since Election Day, Colom has held at least eight events and capitalized on the national attention of the race to flood the airwaves and make his case for why Democrats should
  
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• Trump stands by Hegseth, but some Republicans want him gone

  10-11-2026 00:30 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, reintroduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, alleging that the embattled Pentagon chief had committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" and abused the power of his office by violating the War Powers Resolution, conducting military operations without congressional authorization and ordering unlawful military actions in several countries.The expected impeachment filing came as Congress returned to Washington, D.
  
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• Trump stands by Hegseth as GOP lawmaker pushes to impeach him

  10-11-2026 00:30 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, reintroduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, alleging that the embattled Pentagon chief had committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" and abused the power of his office by violating the War Powers Resolution, conducting military operations without congressional authorization and ordering unlawful military actions in several countries.The expected impeachment filing came as Congress returned to Washington, D.
  
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• Trump praises Hegseth as GOP congressman introduces articles of impeachment

  10-11-2026 00:30 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, reintroduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, alleging that the embattled Pentagon chief had committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" and abused the power of his office by violating the War Powers Resolution, conducting military operations without congressional authorization and ordering unlawful military actions in several countries.The expected impeachment filing came as Congress returned to Washington, D.
  
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• Trump fires back at efforts to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

  10-11-2026 00:30 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, reintroduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, alleging that the embattled Pentagon chief had committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" and abused the power of his office by violating the War Powers Resolution, conducting military operations without congressional authorization and ordering unlawful military actions in several countries.The expected impeachment filing came as Congress returned to Washington, D.
  
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• Trump defends Hegseth as GOP congressman introduces articles of impeachment

  10-11-2026 00:30 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, reintroduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, alleging that the embattled Pentagon chief had committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" and abused the power of his office by violating the War Powers Resolution, conducting military operations without congressional authorization and ordering unlawful military actions in several countries.The expected impeachment filing came as Congress returned to Washington, D.
  
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• Trump defends Hegseth after GOP lawmaker files impeachment articles

  10-11-2026 00:30 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, reintroduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, alleging that the embattled Pentagon chief had committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" and abused the power of his office by violating the War Powers Resolution, conducting military operations without congressional authorization and ordering unlawful military actions in several countries.The expected impeachment filing came as Congress returned to Washington, D.
  
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• Trump says he spoke with Nvidia CEO, who denied knowledge of alleged Chinese spy

  09-11-2026 23:45 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  President Donald Trump stands with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang after presenting him with the National Medal of Science in Washington, DC, on October 8. - Evan Vucci/Reuters/FILE
  President Donald Trump said that he spoke Monday with Jensen Huang — the Nvidia CEO who has admitted having an extramarital affair with a woman reported to be a Chinese intelligence operative — and Huang denied knowing the woman was a spy.
  Trump said he only recently learned of the intelligence questions surrounding Huan
  
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• UFC chief Dana White takes White House podium — but officially turns down Trump

  09-11-2026 23:34 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  White, the 57-year-old president and CEO of UFC, is a long-time friend of the president and helped host a massive UFC match on the White House lawn earlier this year (MANDEL NGAN)Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief Dana White took the podium at the White House on Monday -- but said he wanted to stay out of politics after President Donald Trump apparently jokingly offered him the job of press secretary."Would you like that, or do you just want to stay with this ridiculous UFC? Huh?" Trump
  
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• Trump says FBI is ‘looking into’ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang after admission of affair

  09-11-2026 23:32 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Nvidia (NVDA) stock faced growing pressure on Monday after the chipmaker's board launched an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang's extramarital affair, which is believed to have been with alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang."I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry," Huang wrote in a memo to employees.Given the size and importance of Nvidia in the stock market today, the revelation marks one of the biggest CEO-personal co
  
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• Air France and American Airlines jets nearly collide after wrong turn in midair over LAX

  09-11-2026 23:26 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  The FAA is investigating after two passenger jets narrowly avoided a midair collision shortly after taking off from Los Angeles International Airport when one aircraft reportedly made an unauthorized turn into the other’s flight path.
  The close call occurred Saturday at approximately 12:20 a.m. after the pilots of Air France Flight 28, traveling from Los Angeles to Papeete, Tahiti, turned into the path of an American Airlines aircraft that had departed from a parallel runway, according to the
  
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• Trump says he believes war with Iran is militarily 'effectively over'

  09-11-2026 22:52 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters he believes the war in Iran “militarily is effectively over," suggesting that — at least for now — he’s not prepared to resume the bombardment that has devastated the Islamic Republic and caused reverberations across the global economy.The president made a surprise visit to the White House briefing room after meeting earlier in the day with Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani.“
  
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• Lindsay Clancy loses bid to dismiss murder charges, clearing the way for retrial

  09-11-2026 22:39 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  By Nate RaymondNov 9 (Reuters) - A Massachusetts judge cleared the way on Monday for Lindsay Clancy to be tried again on murder charges for killing her three young children at her home in 2023, saying a ‌retrial would not unconstitutionally subject her to a double prosecution for the same crime.Judge William Sullivan in Plymouth rejected ‌a bid by Clancy's attorneys to have the case against her dismissed. The judge on September 4 declared a mistrial after the jury reported that a holdout ​
  
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• Mississippi Democrat calls out election forecasters for writing off his campaign

  09-11-2026 22:11 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Democratic Mississippi Senate candidate Scott Colom called out election analysts at the Cook Political Report on Monday, claiming the election forecasters inaccurately handicapped his chances of winning due to preconceived notions about the South.One of Tuesday’s major surprises, Scott Colom is leading Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by about 2,500 votes and less than one percentage point, according to the latest results from the Associated Press. If the results hold up, Colom would
  
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• Trump's MAHA coalition faces new tensions as former officials trade accusations

  09-11-2026 21:59 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A public spat between former Trump administration officials over alleged corruption in public health policymaking is the latest front in Republicans’ postelection recriminations, a battle that has exposed fault lines within the White House and could reshape political alliances involving the influential Make America Healthy Again movement.The blowup began when Calley Means, a former top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a chief advocate for the MAHA movem
  
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• Arizona golf is just different according to golfer who encountered a herd of javelinas

  09-11-2026 21:03 via Latest & Breaking News on Fox News
  
  Playing golf in Arizona has its perks. The weather makes it possible to golf year-round. There's low humidity and a lot of courses to choose from.There are also some unique animals which make for interesting encounters while out on the course. Golfer Mike Rodenbush, who goes by Mikey TeeTimes on social media, had one such encounter recently.While he normally produces golf content for his followers and subscribers he found himself in the path of a herd of javelinas. The resilient desert mammals a
  
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• Supreme Court allows Big Bend border wall plans in win for Trump

  09-11-2026 20:56 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said the Trump administration can move ahead for now on plans to build a border wall in a remote swath of West Texas that includes Big Bend National Park.
  The court on Nov. 9 paused a judge’s order that halted controversial construction of roads and barriers across the Big Bend region while a challenge brought by a riverboat guide, environmentalists and a group formed to preserve a church is being litigated.
  Opponents say the construction will result in the pe
  
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